Category Archives: Family

Gentle fun travels farther than giving advice. :- Doug.

Come play with us. :- Doug.

Play to depth. :- Doug.

Our work/play with grandchildren is often to open them to wider worlds…as our worlds are becoming for us panoramic. :- Doug.

Grands are barometers for the grandchildren. What are the changes? What do they portend? What might we do? Be? What is the weave of the wind, and how does it affect the weaver? :- Doug.

How do you touch the life of someone’s grandchild? Is it different for a babe, a teen, a parent? Giving advice doesn’t work; playfulness does. :- Doug.

An elder finds it natural to ask “How does what I do affect the grandchildren, the community?” Consequences ripple. They become visible. Choices tend to become visible. :- Doug.

For the grandchildren. :- Doug.

The strength of elders is our vulnerability—it’s what confirms our reciprocal relatedness. :- Doug.

Grandparents: prophetic voices for our times. :- Doug.

Elders see flowing relationships and wade in need more time apart and together to ponder reflect grow :- Doug.